Everyone handles their finances differently.

Some people like to pay bills as soon as they get them, and others like to pay at the last possible second.

And when two people in a relationship have different philosophies about this, it can lead to some fireworks.

In this story, a person talked about how they and their partner are at odds about when to pay their bills.

Let’s take a look!

AITA for wanting to pay bills as soon as we receive them?

“My partner and I have a bit of a minor issue where we clash over paying bills and I just really want a sanity check.

For some background, our finances are completely joined, both of our salaries are deposited into our joint account and all expenses come from it. We both jointly own our house and have equal ownership of it.

Aside from daily expenses we both consult each other on purchases, so there aren’t any surprises here – the bills and invoices in question are expected and aren’t surprises.

Here’s the deal…

So, the issue.

I’m quite keen on paying bills once they’re received. We have been spending a lot of time renovating our house with workers coming and going, so we have a number of bills coming in.

All of the money for this is set aside, it’s in a separate account just for this purpose.

For example, we’ve had all of the old windows replaced with new ones. They did a good job and sent us an invoice following the install. I saw the invoice show up while I was at work so once I got home I mentioned paying it.

My partner asked me why I was in such a hurry, the invoice has a 14 day payment window so we’ll pay it closer to the end of the window.

Well…

I countered with reminding her they’ve done a service for us, we should pay them promptly.

There was some back and forth and eventually my partner got upset and told me just to pay them.

Since then it’s been the same thing, I mention paying any of these bills (and others) and my partner ends up telling me to wait until closer to the due date for the payment. I can’t get a real reason why my partner is pushing it so hard.

From my point of view, we already have the money aside, it’s not going to impact any of our existing cashflow. We’ve engaged someone to do a job for us, I think it’s fair we pay them promptly. Finally, I like to get it cleared so I don’t forget to pay it.

I guess it could be to do with checking everything over or is done correctly perhaps? Is there anything I could be missing?”

Check out how readers reacted.

This person said they’re NTA.

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Another reader chimed in.

And this Reddit user spoke up.

This couple needs to have a serious talk about how to handle their finances…

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